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Academic Fraud and the Ponzi Scheme of 'Higher Learning': Higher Education in Crisis
DiMaggio, Anthony
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2014
It’s sad to say, but U.S. higher education increasingly resembles a pyramid scheme. The schools at the top continue to compete for elite students, by appealing to prospective applicants via the creati...
Our Generation: Volume 3 Number 2
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1964

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S.M. Lipset
Social Scientist of the Smooth Society
Jacobs, James
Article
A critique of S.M. Lipset's book Political Man, this article problematizes the assumptions made by social scientists.
Social Science and The Ideology of the Status Quo
Thompson, R.; Brown, H.R.
Article
This essay is a critique of the institution of social sciences. The authors argue that status quo social sciences are reflective of monopoly capitalism and mass industrialized society.